Georgia Politics

Just hours after Gov. Brian Kemp signed a massive election reform bill into law, attorneys for three voter advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop it.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp waited less than two hours to sign the massive 95-page election reform bill agreed to by both chambers of the Georgia Legislature on Thursday. The controversial sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run drew protests and promises of court challenges before it is ever enacted.

A new video shot early Thursday evening shows Georgia Rep. Park Cannon, D-Atlanta, being led from the rotunda at the state Capitol in handcuffs. Georgia State Patrol troopers have since said charged Cannon.

The Speaker of Georgia's House of Representatives says he has asked for a hearing on the "marked increase" of violent crime in Atlanta.

All Georgians 16 years old and up are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines and Gov.Brian Kemp, R-Georgia, said the state has seen an increase in demand on the first day of the expanded criteria.

Georgia may raise the age for filing adult criminal charges against most people from 17 to 18, but it’s likely to happen a year later than some had hoped.

A group of state lawmakers in Georgia are introducing legislation intended to breakdown language and cultural barriers between law enforcement agencies and the Asian American Pacific Islander community, as well as sponsor bills that would introduce a five-day waiting period for firearm purchases.

A State Representative who filed an ethics complaint against  Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington is upset that the board dismissed the complaint without listening to  jail house recordings involving Arrington and an inmate.

A top Georgia lawmaker has lost his job at the Fisher Phillips Law Firm after a Republican anti-Trump political action committee criticized his support of election legislation

Less than a week after the deaths of eight people at a series of spa shootings in metro Atlanta, a state lawmaker filed a bill to institute a waiting period for firearms purchases in Georgia.  

Bishop Carl McRae joined more than 400 clergy, faith leaders, and laity from across Georgia who, in a letter delivered to Governor Brian Kemp on Friday, expressed their concern over many of the measures found in House Bill 531, Senate Bill 241, and other voting reform bills introduced by GOP lawmakers this legislative session.

Jody Hice, a Republican who represents Georgia's 10th Congressional District, announced Monday he is launching a campaign to challenge Georgia Secretary of state Brad Raffensperger. 

Gov. Brian Kemp said Georgia’s ability to cut taxes was proof that his approach to the coronavirus pandemic had resulted in a strong economy.

The California congressman accuses Majorie Taylor Greene of supporting 'political violence' against Democrats.

Senator Raphael Warnock, who is still the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, delivered a sermon of sorts on the Senate floor on Wednesday in opposition to a wave of Republican-backed measures out of concerns of voter fraud.

Just months after Georgians cast their ballots in record number, voting  rights advocates claim  the outcome of the 2020 election fueled GOP lawmakers efforts nationwide to introduce sweeping election reform legislation.  

Lawmakers gave a standing ovation on the House floor Wednesday after approving a bill that would pave the way for a statue of former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller on state Capitol grounds.

The organizers said they are putting pressure on large corporations to stop funding lawmakers who co-sponsor voter suppression bills.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential efforts by Donald Trump and others to influence last year’s general election has a message for people who are eager to see whether the former president will be charged: Be patient.